For those who like Venezuelan or Yaz cards

67standup

A complete run

RipublicaninMass

DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SWEEEEEET!!!!!!!!

WeekendHacker

Are you freakin kiddding me, I need to wipe the drool off my keyboard.

rose14com

Holy crap that's a nice set of cards there.

A761506

Nice job completing the Yaz run... that's a heck of an accomplishment.

I'm getting close on a Mantle run, although there aren't quite as many with Mantle (9) as there are with Yaz (16).

AkbarClone

How much do you want for the whole set? My checkbook is in hand......

Awesome!

bobsbbcards

Awesome picture Andrew!

bishop

Very nice

divecchia

Congratulations on a great accomplishment.

Donato

magellan

I think you know how much I like them Andrew. What a great run. That Sox Socker card looks real nice.

Bosox1976

Very nice indeed - kudos to you!

HAMMERFAN44

Once again...I think I just shat myself...AWESOME accomplishment, these are like finding gold

bobsbbcards

<< <i>I think you know how much I like them Andrew. What a great run. That Sox Socker card looks real nice. >>


Not half as nice as the 1964 Batting Leaders card.

magellan

Bob

They're both nice looking cards, ok?

Toad

Upgrade those to 8's and 9's and I'll give ya $50 for the whole mess.

1966CUDA

Super cards..thos Venezuelans are TUFF in any condition!! A great accomplishment.

thesplendidsplinter

Way to go. That was not an easy task! Nice job

rvc

wow! simply awesome. any extra venezuelan yaz rookies around?

67standup

Thanks everyone.

I owned two Ven rookies, but sold the slightly lesser graded. Had higher PSA graded versions of about half, but sold those too. '72 Sticker is the toughest as I've only seen one offered in 20+ years. The 1966 Leader took quite sometime to find. PSA wouldn't grade the '64 #210 because it was "too thin" due to paper loss. I suppose having all the cards in SGC holders would make a more appealing group photo.

Two very cool members of this board supplied two of the cards (see previous responses.)

I've seen some great threads regarding Venezuelan scarcity, but still unclear how they were distributed. Maybe wax packs?

fiveniner

One word.OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

smallstocks

Why are high quality Venezuelan's so tough to find?

A761506

High quality Venezuelan cards are few and far between for a number of reasons...

1) The original production was only a tiny fraction of the US Topps production.

2) Venezuelan cards were printed on cheaper cardstock which damaged easier.

3) Venezuelan cards were not given a coat of gloss to protect the image on the front, making the cards much more prone to staining from even mild handling.

4) Beginning in 1964, paper albums were distributed with the cards in Venezuela - they were meant to have the cards glued or taped into them and the majority of collectors complied.

5) A packaging flaw caused by the glue that sealed the packs in 1962 damaged one in every 4 or 5 cards.

6) The original printing and cutting processes left many cards with heavy ink bleeds, smears, badly off-center cuts, miscuts and skew cuts.

7) If they weren't glued into albums, there were limited ways of storing them that kept them from regular wear, cigar and/or shoe boxes would likely be the most common storage method, and the cards got jostled around in these boxes.

8) Writing on the cards was a common practice also. Especially checklist cards, they are very rare to find without any markings on them.

But when you find a high grade one, they are really something to behold

67standup

Awesome scan! Great info as usual!!